Rossi throws in the towel!!!!!

[kurtyboy]

Breaking on NW Cable news, Rossi news conference....

No Supreme Court challenge--can't win.

More as this develops...

Still no link, but the whores are already spinning his concession as "gracious". My achin' butt----6 months of unsupported allegations of fraud against honest elections officials ain't gracious, no way.

[ET Awful]

1. It's about fuckin' time the loser admitted that he lost. n/t

[flamingyouth]

9. Amen to that

:applause:

[iconoclastic cat]

17. Headline: Losing Loser Loses!

[America_Is_Real]

33. Dino sore!

[iconoclastic cat]

35. Welcome to DU, America_is_Real!

Enjoy your stay. Be sure to check out all the cool DU groups.

By the way, I want a pic of Rossi crying like a little girl.

[calimary]

78. Welcome to DU!

Dino sore - indeed! Dino SORE LOSERMAN!

Glad you're here, America_Is_Real. We need you!

Now get to work.

(Signed John Conyers' letter yet? See www.johnconyers.com)

[JRob]

39. You should hear the whining in E. Wash and NW Idaho...

to which I smile nicely and say "shut the fuck up..."

Freaks!
:freak:

[cascadiance]

44. Tell 'em if they don't like it to move to the south to Jesusland!

... and out of future republic of Cascadia!

[martymar64]

48. Hail Cascadia!

We pledge our soul to thee . . .

[JRob]

55. Cascadia!?

Is this what you're referring to? I'm 5 minutes from the boarder...

"The Republic of Cascadia stretches from 42° to 60° north latitude. Its western border consists of the Pacific coast and a portion of the American state of Alaska. On the east, it borders the American states of Idaho and Montana and the Canadian province of Alberta. Cascadia is divided into three prefectures: British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington."

http://zapatopi.net/cascadia.html

[RaleighNCDUer]

92. Now we know that the tree octopus will be protected. nt

[Hand]

94. HAR HAR HAR!!!!

I don't know why, but this cracked me up... a :spray: moment! :rofl:

[Stevious]

80. They can move to Texas

Where the governor has invited all the dissidents to leave:

“Texans have made a decision about marriage and if there is some other state that has a more lenient view than Texas then maybe that’s a better place for them to live.”

- Gov. Rick Perry

:puke:

[getmeouttahere]

101. Oh, if it were only as easy....

as getting the red voters to move to Texas & the rest of the South, or any other red state. We Blues have NYC & L.A., let's see how well a red state country would do without those economies/ports!

[coloradodem2005]

2. This went on how long?

Jesus. And the Republicans called Al Gore a sore loser. What does that make him?

[meganmonkey]

28. A super-duper jackass motherf*cking sore loser?

:evilgrin:

[Dudley_DUright]

3. Andy will be very happy

This should help lift his spirits. I recall he was worried about Rossie winning in court.

[Cha]

5. I'm so happy this is finally over!

Yea, Andy! The repub finally conceded.

:hi:Dudley!

[saracat]

4. Yay! Hallelujah! Go Christine!

She is my hero. I took a picture with her at the Governors conference and I am going to blow it up! I wish we had more like her. Never cave.You go girl. Gregoire rocks !:toast: :yourock: :party:

[lonestarnot]

54. Absolutely CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ROCKS!

:party: :toast: :bounce: :7

[SeattleGirl]

6. WOO HOO!!!!!!

And a HUGH sigh of relief! Go Christine!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Oh, and buhbye Dino (at least for now!)

[Sapphire Blue]

16. I'll second that! Go Chris!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

And Dino can slink back under his rock!!!

[bahrbearian]

27. Dino is like a bad odor , hard to get rid of. Though I hope he runs again

[baby_bear]

7. Judge Bridges' decision was very strong

Rossi would have looked like a fool to have pursued this further.

Now I wonder if he will change course and go for Cantwell's job as Senator.

b_b

[flamingyouth]

8. The election was in, er, November.

My calendar says June 6. :shrug:

[uppityperson]

24. 7 months gestation

As his commander in thief said, "we are a patient people" (or whatever that stupid bs was when he was still talking about Osama before invading Iraq).

[tavalon]

26. Dino Rossi is a little slow n/t

[flamingyouth]

10. Breaking on all the Seattle news channels now:

http://komotv.com/

[deminks]

11. Here is another link:

http://www.king5.com/

:woohoo:

[Patiod]

89. I noticed the films were labeled "Gregoire's emotional reaction"

and "Rossi's reaction" on the King5 website

Sterotype much?

[MaineDem]

12. Get over it, Rossi. You lost!

It's about time you realized that.

[Mythsaje]

13. I'm happy about this

BUT

I overheard a conversation at work today between my boss and one of the truck drivers who was picking up a trailer (I work in a warehouse).

Now, my boss is a great guy, and has more or less progressive views. Yet he voted for Rossi and was cursing Gregoire when he got the news.

Why?

Well...his major bitch at this point is the 9 cent gas hike, and I can't say I disagree with him on this point, even though one of the other things she did right of the bat (signing the bill to make animal cruelty a FELONY-yeah!)really made me happy.

The last thing we need right now is higher gas prices. I understand the reasoning here, but when people like my boss votes Republican because he doesn't want to pay even higher taxes than he already does, this is a problem.

As he said "I don't want to pay more taxes, I want them to use what I already pay MORE EFFICIENTLY!!!"

Makes sense to me.

[merwin]

18. Would you rather have the viaduct collapse on your car?

Any taxes earmarked for transportation/roads MUST be used for ONLY what they are exactly specified for. That's the law in WA.

[Mythsaje]

22. And if we never drive on the viaduct?

Or, perhaps, have only done so ONCE in fifteen years?

I vote Democrat--regardless. You couldn't pay me to vote for the American Fascist Party (oh...sorry, I mean "Republican Party."

But there are a lot of people who actually think that the fascists mean "tax relief." A 9 cent tax hike right off the bat isn't going to change their minds.

[uppityperson]

25. Would you rather have the viaduct collapse on your friend's car?

Anyone who thinks the fascists meant tax relief was ignorant of basic facts and bought into the advertising, as were small business owners who voted for them because "they are pro-business".

[merwin]

29. Actually, it's not right off the bat.

From what I understand, it's a gradual increase of 1 or 2 cents per year. If you fill up 14 gallons every week, that's not even a $15 increase in the total amount you pay over the entire year.

Anyways, the fact of the matter is, Seattle pays for much of the state. There's the old joke:
Q: What would Eastern Washington be without Western Washington?
A: Poor

[Mythsaje]

37. Eastern Washington

IS poor. My ex lives in Spokane...totally different economic environment over there.

[merwin]

38. Let's go about it this way... what if the road that you drive on every

day was in severe danger of collapsing? Would you support the statewide tax then?

[Mythsaje]

46. I griped a little

but I don't have a problem with the tax myself. My wife doesn't like it...but she's more of a Libertarian than a Liberal. We don't argue much on social issues, but economic issues? We're at odds quite a bit.

[merwin]

47. Taxes, unfortunately, are a necessary evil. It would be great if rich folk

would willingly give up a tiny fraction of the huge amounts that they make, and solve the entire problem. Kinda sucks.

[Mythsaje]

58. Amen

I agree. Worked with a comic who said that if he ever became rich and famous, he'd be a republican.

Yeah, that's what we need...another freakin' Dennis Miller.

[merwin]

61. LOL. Seems that's what happens a lot of the time. Money breeds power,

power breeds greed. Greed breeds Republicans.

[Mythsaje]

64. My goals

are remarkably simple in that regard. I just want to be successful enough to do what I love. I don't need to be rich, just have enough that I can write full time and not have to worry about the 9-5.

[merwin]

65. Exactly. I think that's how most progressives feel.

It's the way it should be.

[Diane R]

66. I disagree

I think if you investigate, you will find out that Western Washington is going to get many, many more dollars from that tax than they will pay in, and those of us in Eastern Washington will see very little.

Eastern Washington gets very little return for our tax dollars; most of it is usually spent on the west side.

[eridani]

77. Flat out not true

Most western WA counties get less than $1 per dollar paid, and most eastern WA counties get more. There is a county map showing per capita tax money received, but I can't find it.

[geniph]

103. That's dead wrong

Don't know where you got that factoid (that Eastern WA gets very little return for their tax dollars), but it is not correct. Eastern WA gets a return of $1.31 per dollar paid out, Western WA receives $.81.

[tavalon]

31. That is a pretty Republican view you've got there

The "I got mine, screw you" portion of the Republican ideology.

[Mythsaje]

40. I love it

I'm arguing someone else's point of view and you're telling me I'VE got a Republican point of view?

This guy supports the idea of socialized medicine, doesn't have a problem paying taxes when the results are a benefit to everyone, but thinks it's bullshit he has to pay higher taxes that benefit no one he knows.

Me...I don't really care. But I'm saying that this guy will continue to vote Republican because of his point of view on this particular subject...and the fact that, to him, his preconception of what would happen, happened almost immediately.

[merwin]

68. If that's his only reason for voting GOP, he deserves whatever he gets.

[Mythsaje]

83. Sure

but do the rest of us deserve what he gets?

[icymist]

50. Hey. I agree with the gas tax. Whenever I see a Hummer.....

I point out that they're buying us a new viaduct! Or a new 520 bridge. Or helping to operate our ferries.

[Mythsaje]

59. A co-worker

bought a Jeep Cherokee late last year. I told her...well, you'll have to pay for it in gas.

Her reply? "Oh, I don't care."

Funny thing was...a couple of months ago she wasn't so thrilled about it.

[kurtyboy]

34. Just curious, on the efficiency point

Does your boss ever wish that the Oil companies would use the money he pays at the pump more efficiently? When the cost of a gallon went up not nine-cents but 59-cents in the last year (the new gas tax will phase in over four years...), did your boss even mention efficiency, or even complain about the change at all?

Has you boss considered "more efficient" (as in green) ways of energy consumption, including his motor fleet, if he has one?

We can talk efficiency when these issues have been considered. In the mean time, "There's a few potholes need fixed...."

[Mythsaje]

45. Heck yeah

he bitched. We've talked about the oil companies and all that stuff a lot. We WORK for a major corporation--he's just a lowly facility supervisor.

Our single company truck runs on diesel. Bio-diesel is TWICE the price, roughly, of the crap our truck runs on. Guess what we put in our truck?

He trashes corporate America just speaking with him. He used to work for Boeing, and, despite having been laid off, doesn't say much about them. Even asked me if I wanted a job there at one point (I said no--I hate Boeing's labor practices and wouldn't work them for 25 bucks an hour).

He considers himself a Centrist. Hell, I thought I was one until Bush won the first time. Now...just in contrast, I'm a raging liberal. There are very few right wing ideas I can even stomach now.

Responsible use of tax dollars? Yeah, I can get behind that. But I don't consider that simply a Democrat problem anymore. How could I, seeing the Bush Regime purging and spending the way it does? Freakin' idiots.

[Richard Steele]

71. "Rising gas prices are a sign of a failed presidency." Dick Cheney, 1998

[uppityperson]

14. Good. SeattleTimes link and good quote

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002319056_webverdict06.html

WENATCHEE — Judge John Bridges today upheld the election of Gov. Christine Gregoire, dismissing a Republican lawsuit and so soundly rejecting the party's claims that Dino Rossi said he would not go forward with what had been seen as an inevitable appeal.

Rossi said because the "political makeup of the Washington Supreme Court" makes it "almost impossible to overturn this ruling, I am ending this election contest."

"I don't make this decision lightly, but I don't make it … with bitterness or hard feelings. I continue to believe, as most Washingtonians believe, that mounting this election challenge and shining the light on the various problems in our election system was the right thing to do," Rossi said.

more at link, edited to add the best article quote:
"Unless an election is clearly invalid, when the people have spoken their verdict should not be disturbed by the courts," Bridges said. Nullifying the election, he said, would be "the ultimate act of judicial egotism and judicial activism."

[wakeme2008]

19. Asshole what an ASSHOLE.....

"political makeup of the Washington Supreme Court"

Rossi how is blaming the WSC.....

[ronnykmarshall]

96. Booo fucking woooo!

Go on Chris!!

[geniph]

104. He's right about the political makeup of the Court...

...there's only one flaming wingnut asshole on there, and one libertarian who's essentially a nut, so he wouldn't have had a hope in hell of getting his ridiculous nuisance suit won in that court.

[moggie]

90. Cool

Looks like Bridges anticipated the response, and got his retaliation in first. The "judicial activism" quote is sweet.

[flamingyouth]

15. Another link from the Seattle P-I:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/227307_judgerules06ww.html

[Skink]

20. See Kerry it's allright to be a sore loser.

[America_Is_Real]

32. Kerry would have had a better case NT

[dean2016]

53. Ohio Supreme Court ruled against Kerry

The ohio supreme court already ruled there was no fraud in the election in arneback's case.

The repug justices said there the claims were basically frivoluous look up moyer's statements.

Washington state was decided by 133 votes, kerry lost ohio by 118,599 votes two totally different cases.


Wisconsin was decided ten times closer than in ohio where kerry staffers were convicted of slashing gop tires and ballot boxes were stuffed in milwaukee.

[Skink]

57. See below.....

No fraud in the Ohio vote.:toast:


:argh:


It's OK though Dean is chairman now and the world is now saved. One more year of these assholes and then either armeggedon besets or Dems rule forever.:headbang:

[kurtyboy]

62. Can we get a link on the tire slashing-ballot stuffing allegation?

I'm a little skeptical, so please humor me, my Dean-admiring friend. I'd never heard of Kerry "staffers" engaging in any such practice, and, well, for now I call

BULLSHIT !!!!

SHEEZE...

Eagarly awaiting substantiation:

Kurt

[dean2016]

67. Tire slashing was in milwaukee

Two Kerry staffers were convicted in wilwaukee of slashing the tires of gop get out the vote vans on election day in milwaukee.


You can go to google the milwaukee papers comvered it a lot the two staffers were sons of two prominent dem politicians in the milwaukee area.

[Name removed]

69. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[kurtyboy]

129. I was the poster that was deleted here

I posted in violation of the civility rule, I assume, and I bear the responsibility for that violation. I should have used more appropriate language (I clearly used vulgarity) when confronting another poster who, in my view, was making unsubstantiated allegations against Democrats. For this, I apologize. I just cannot abide folks throwing out accusations that sound really inflamatory on their face, without at least a modicum of underlying substantiation.

Dean2016 did that, and I called him on it. He has yet to supply his 20th post, I note.

I'll strive for better behavior in the future.

My bad----

Kurt

On Edit--My first impulse was to simply hit the "Alert" button, as I believed a troll was in our midst--in hindsight, that would have been a better choice.

[Bridget Burke]

87. Please supply links.

Not Republican Talking Points.

[VOX]

118. Nobody's been convicted of any tire-slashing. Case hasn't gone to trial...

yet, but is scheduled for July 11, anyway. The 5 defendants have plead not guilty. So please don't post what is basically a Republican talking point, because no one yet knows the actual events and perpetrators of the vandalism.

Trial set in tire slashings
Five defendants plead not guilty
By DERRICK NUNNALLY
[e-mail]
Posted: March 4, 2005
The five Democratic campaign operatives charged with slashing tires on more than 20 vehicles the Republican Party planned to use to get people to polls on election day pleaded not guilty at their arraignments Friday, when a judge also set their trial for mid-July.
<snip>

[Name removed]

127. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Carolab]

128. That item was long ago written off as a LIE.

It turns out it was NOT anything to do with "Kerry staffers"--it was a group of pranksters UNRELATED to the campaign, FOR YOUR INFORMATION.

[HDPaulG]

123. Kerry 'staffers' did not slash the tires, a Congresswoman's (elected 2004)

son and acting Mayor's son were involved. Secondly, ballot box stuffing was never an issue in Milwaukee. Milwaukee did have some issues....But we have electronic voting...With a paper trail. The alleged issues were with registration and valid addresses.

[TheWatcher]

126. Do you people ever bother to check facts at all before

Posting garbage like this.

You have not one link, not one iota of evidence to support the allegation regarding Kerry Staffers and Tire Slashing, or for that matter Ballot Box stuffing in Milwaukee.

I defy you to do so.

[Name removed]

130. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

21. Rossi's playing the "Blame the judges game"

From the Seattle P-I

"With today's decision, and because of the political makeup of the Washington State Supreme Court, which makes it almost impossible to overturn this ruling, I am ending the election contest," Rossi said at his campaign headquarters in Bellevue.

[truthisfreedom]

23. w00t! w00t w00t! woo-hooo!

i'm going for a scooter ride now. whee-doggie!

[inslee08]

30. At 6:03 (3 minutes after the newscast started)

I turned on KIRO 7 (the CBS affiliate in Seattle) and I see the headline "nurses attacked."

Local news is a joke.

[ebayfool]

63. Nurses attacked? Gov. Schwarzenegger there?

He attacks nurses everywhere he goes - keep him! Please ... keep him!

[cascadiance]

36. Time for a toast and all of us to take a drink!!!

[deadparrot]

41. Move ON, loser!

See ya.

[Generator]

42. Ewwwwwwwww!!!!!

Nude Repuke alert.

[Missy Vixen]

43. Buh-bye, Dino, we won't miss you

True story: I was at a dinner gathering of local politicians two years ago. Those in Washington will remember Rossi's insistence that he was a "moderate". Uh, no, he's not. The moment the banquet room doors closed, it was a GOP red-meat-a-thon. My favorite quote (and believe me, it was all I could do to keep from screaming at him,) "Any family of four in Western Washington on Washington Basic Health and making $40,000 per year is gaming the system." I should explain that Washington Basic Health is catastrophic health insurance for those who don't have or can't afford traditional health insurance. I should also mention that a family of four making $40K in Western Washington is lucky to be living inside, let alone enjoying the benefit of health insurance.

At the risk of being called crass, Rossi's an intolerant, clueless little f*** that isn't worthy of carrying Christine Gregoire's trash to the curb, let alone governing the state of Washington. I hope he crawls back under his rock. Then again, I'm sure that the GOP think he's the new poster boy for "election reform". I heard that asshat Dori Monson questioning whether or not the race between Slade Gorton and Maria Cantwell was "clean" this afternoon...

Julie

[yellowcanine]

52. Maybe he will run for the senate and we can beat him again. Would that

be sweet or what?

[geniph]

105. Yeah, what Julie said!

:D

plus Rossi is a flaming antichoicer...doesn't give a good goddam about people once they're born, but by gawd, Every Sperm is Sacred!

[Rainscents]

49. Gracious? OMG... I knew they would spin this!

[progressivebydesign]

51. He pretended to do it in dignity.. but....

they couldn't shut up. He didn't leave in a dignified fashion, instead he whined about the State Supreme Court being too liberal, he whined about the Judge Bridges not telling anyone who legally won (yes he did), and made it sound like he did this all to clean up the filthy mess of the elections in Washington.. Bullshit. The ONLY time an election is considered filthy in republican's eyes is when THEY don't win!!!

[Gyre]

56. Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!

Best news I've heard all month. :woohoo:

Gyre

[zann725]

60. About time he quit whining, and 'moved on.'

Chalk one up for Dems!

[fortyfeetunder]

70. Time for a new sign

DINO: GET OVER IT, YOU LOST. NOW GO GET A LIFE like GORE and KERRY did....

[nomatrix]

72. A Gem.......

"The judge found that the Republicans failed to prove that Gregoire received one illegal vote among those improperly cast. In fact, he said, the only "clear and convincing" evidence he saw was the statements of four felons who said they voted for Rossi and one who said he cast a ballot for a Libertarian candidate.

Bridges subtracted four votes from Rossi's total."

[Richard Steele]

73. Gracious resignation...ROFL! All hail the GRACIOUSNESS of Mr. Rossi!

That's like saying a rectal tumor 'graciously' succumbed to 7 long months of chemotherapy!

I still await trial transcripts, just so I can figure out WTF Rossi thought this case was about!

Legally, he had NOTHING...his case never even alleged FRAUD, so WHAT was it even claiming at all? I don't know!
I don't think Rossi even knows!

I think this delusional little jerk just assumed that if he threw enough BS into a courtroom, he would be appointed GOV because he's a Repub.

In his mind, Courts AWARD 'elected office' to Repubs, because that's what Judges are for. To hand elections over to the Repubs who bust their butts to STEAL them!

[deacon2]

74. It's late, but "anal"ogizing Rossi to a rectal tumor...

is pretty damn funny. I'll let others gauge the accuracy - I'm still laughing. Thanks!

[Skypilot 18]

76. Thank God, now Rossi can go back under his rock

As a resident of Washington State I would like to state how nice it is to have that ugly thorn out of our sides.

Good by Mr. Cry Baby Rossi

you won't be missed.

[geniph]

107. I can tell you what Rossi thought this case was about...

it was about whatever unproven allegations that little dickweasel Vance pulled out of his ass that morning and sold to the credulous, unquestioning, mouth-breathing masses in the red counties. Thankfully, there's still a hell of a lot more of US than there are of THEM.

I actually have heard idiot freeper types complaining that "geographically, Rossi won the state." Sure, if sagebrush and dirt could vote. Since it's PEOPLE that vote, we trounced his sorry ass, even with Christine's limp dishrag of a campaign (I'm still pissed at her. There's no way in hell the vote should have been this close, but they sat on their ass and just assumed they already had it won. We live in Christine's hometown, for chrissake, and up until a week before the election, we could not get campaign signs to put up in town!)

There's also idiot freepers complaining that "Rossi won twice, she only won once" as if it were best of three. Um. Dorks. The recount is to CORRECT INACCURACIES in the original counts. Only the final recount matters. The others are totally irrelevant.

[Richard Steele]

112. geniph, you summed up my current overview,( watching the case from NC)

QUOTE:
"it was about whatever unproven allegations that little dickweasel Vance pulled out of his ass that morning and sold to the credulous, unquestioning, mouth-breathing masses in the red counties."

That is the sense I have gotten of this "CASE" over the last 7 months.

On the face of it, I still don't understand why Rossi's "case" even garnered a HEARING, let alone a RULING.

This "case" was a big bag of NOTHING!
Rossi made no legal CLAIMS...he presented no EVIDENCE...

So what was this "case", beyond Rossi using a Courtroom as a forum to RANT for the media?

There was no legal "case";
Rossi should have been been denied a hearing based on his own filings,
and his Attourneys should be censured for Barristry.

The CITIZENS of Washington state should start a class-action suit against Rossi to recoup the court costs!

[geniph]

113. The citizens of Washington didn't pay for most of the costs

for the Republicans, the Builders Industry Association of Washington paid the costs. For the Democrats, private fund-raising by the party paid the costs. Very little of the costs were actually passed on to taxpayers.

If you want to know why this case was pursued so long, so doggedly, with so little to go on in the way of actual facts, look at my post about it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=184x4417

[Richard Steele]

115. Well that certainly explains alot. Nice SCAM the WBA has going there!

20% fee means they get a penny for every nickel they DENY the injured workers.
And they denied an ASSLOAD of those nickels with the help of their bought-and-paid-for GOP 'Public Servants'.

Thanks for that link!
Maybe you should repost it in GD and GD/P; it has relevance to the ending of this case.
I can't be the only one who missed it the first time!

[lala_rawraw]

75. Well he cannot say "but the numbers were wrong"

They were supposed to be ....


Idiot.

[corker]

79. Finally some good news !!

[StopThief]

81. Ummmmmm. . . .

Before the celebration gets too far our of hand here. . .What if he decides to run for the Senate now? He would be a formidable candidate against Patty Murray.

[Missy Vixen]

97. I beg to differ

>What if he decides to run for the Senate now? He would be a formidable candidate against Patty Murray.<

Rossi has proven to those who voted for him out of "desire for a change," (and yeah, I've talked to plenty of them over the past seven months,) that he was not the moderate he painted himself to be. Furthermore, there is a hefty backlash currently happening in Washington State against the Republicans, due to Tim Eyman's meddling once again in our initiative system. It was also widely reported in the press yesterday that Christine Gregoire burst into tears when she was told the judge found the election as valid; she has conducted herself with grace and humility throughout this entire nightmare. People just don't like men who make women, even tough women, cry. (Remember the guy who physically menaced Hillary Clinton during their first televised debate? You don't? That's why.) Lossi has acted like a jerk, especially during his "concession" yesterday. To question the impartiality of the Washington State Supreme Court will backfire on him badly.

If Dino Lossi ran against Patty Murray, she'd hand him his ass. Even Republicans admit they have no candidate they're willing to put up against her.

Julie

[geniph]

108. A) Patty doesn't run again until 2010

and B) Maria will kick his ass if he breaks his word and runs against her in 2006. His pretending to be a moderate might work for a state office; it'll never sell for a national office. The only reason he came anywhere near Christine is because Christine's campaign was pathetically ineffective; they assumed they had it won from the get-go. Both Maria and Patty are tough campaigners. Patty ran this year as if she had a real opponent, not that lame-duck nonentity Nethercutt. Maria has learned from Patty, and I can guarantee you that Maria has learned from Christine's mistakes in her campaign. No more near-giveaways.

[kurtyboy]

124. Absolutely right---

If Rossi ran against Murray, ever, the margin would be something like 65-35, no worries there.

As for Maria--while there were a few grumbles (including some from me) within her own party over a few of her votes, nothing she has done would ever make me vote for Rossi over her.

Hell, she'd have to be convicted of some crime I can't even imagine, and then her Dem replacement would have to endorse her commission of the crime, and then Rossi would have to actually perform at least twelve miracles benefiting the whole of society, and I'd also have to be in a charitable mood.

Anyway, if Rossi runs, there will be billboards procaliming his flip-flopping on a pledge to the other Republicans (Vance, et al) that his name was not in contention. Republicans have only one real "virtue", and that is an unwillingness to ever piss off their brethren with a disloyal behavior like going back on a promise--even if it's for the good of the country.

As for his "moderate" stance--feh! The guy is no moderate, or he'd have never gotten the nod for the governor's campaign. The folks I know who know him personally tell me he ain't too bright, thus, not "Senate material".

Nope, I think the next time you see him run for office, it'll be for Secretary of State in 2008. You read it here first. He'll try to take Sam Reed out in what will be the most interesting SecState primary race in the Nation's history.

Watch for it.... :)

[Selteri]

82. And his little statement is so hard to believe after how many months...

He's bitter, at least he threw in the towel for not being able to swindle an election.

[PATRICK]

84. Very disappointed

that their chutzpah about "fraud" allegations were not brought up to bite them on their elephantine derriere. THAT graciousness not only nearly lost the election a la Gore but wasted an opportunity to expose nationwide fraud by the GOP, and thus encouraging this outrageous lawsuit.

The Democratic Party has an extremely ineffective methodology and posture in defending the integrity of the vote, so bad in fact they barely can imagine it exists while the sticky hand is picking their pocket. If they don't get it they had better hire experts who do- and lawyers who can perform as well.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

85. If Al Gore had conceded six months after an election that HE WON

his career would have been shot to pieces and the media would be portraying him as a sore loser, saying that he had unecessarily divided the nation and heaping praise on *. Heck they were doing that only about a day after voting in 2000

But Rossi's a Republican so he is "gracious" -even if he genuinely did lose. Can't let facts get in the way of an opportunity to portray Republicans in a favorable light

[depakid]

88. Um- Isn't Al Gore's career already shot to pieces?

I can't see how he'd have done any worse by putting up an honest fight...

[Don_1967]

86. YES!!

At least in Washington state every vote was counted.

[BR_Parkway]

91. They always have to blame someone else - GOP = personal

accountability = my ass.

[lady lib]

93. Bye guy. Even Rove couldn't help you with this one.

[UrbScotty]

95. I guess Dino has learned to GET OVER IT!

:-)

[Protagoras]

98. Almost* wish he's got a NEW Election

because everyone in WA was so sick of his hypocracy that I think he'd have been twice as humiliated as he ends up just quitting.

Loser.

[racaulk]

99. Someone please inform Tom Delay!

Since the Republicans didn't get their way, it looks like we have another "activist judge" on the loose!

[raysr]

100. They're all the same

all victims to the end, beaten every which way but still a victim. FUCK ALL YOU MF'IN REPUKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rd_kent]

102. Now wait just a minute!

For the record, I am NOT a Repuglican.
As a resident of Washington, I have followed this closely. Rossi was declared the winner MULTIPLE times before Gregoire got it her way. This election was riddled with problems and errors, coming from BOTH sides. What was/is needed is a NEW election! Thats the ONLY way to ensure a DEMOCRATIC election takes place.
We dont like it when a court rules against us on a close election and puts an idiot in the white house, so we should not rejoice when the same thing happens somewhere else and it goes our way. A DECISIVE election is the ONLY way.

'nuff said.

[geniph]

109. Do you actually KNOW anything about the recount process

or do you just recycle the Republican talking points unquestioningly? Were you actually involved in any of the recounts? Do you understand what was involved in the hand recount that finally declared Christine Gregoire the winner? Because from your post, it sounds like all you've done is listen to the likes of John Carlson and Dori Monson and made your judgement based on that. But clearly you feel you have better information than the judge who ruled on this case. No doubt you feel you're more qualified to make that call.

Uh huh.

Are you also aware that the state Constitution does not permit a new election without malfeasance being PROVEN? Allegations are not proof. There will be another election - in November of 2008, as the state Constitution permits.

Please, please don't just recycle Republican talking points without data to back them up.

[Missy Vixen]

117. Welcome to DU, rd_kent

I disagree with your post. Let me explain why.

>As a resident of Washington, I have followed this closely. Rossi was declared the winner MULTIPLE times before Gregoire got it her way.<

Gregoire didn't "get it her way". Rossi supposedly won the first two machine counts. The hand count (that the Democrats put up over half a million dollars to pay for,) clearly showed Gregoire as the winner. As you might know, a hand recount trumps a machine count.

>This election was riddled with problems and errors, coming from BOTH sides.<

This election had the highest number of votes since World War II. This election was also the most closely scrutinized of any election in recent memory. Unfortunately, there is human error in all elections. To say that this election was "riddled" with "problems and errors" is on its face erroneous.

>What was/is needed is a NEW election! Thats the ONLY way to ensure a DEMOCRATIC election takes place.<

Who's paying the $4 million for a new election? Not to mention that we will be going through this yet again -- the Republicans will insist that there is reversible error in any election they lose for the forseeable future.

>We dont like it when a court rules against us on a close election and puts an idiot in the white house, so we should not rejoice when the same thing happens somewhere else and it goes our way. A DECISIVE election is the ONLY way.<

We didn't like the court ruling against Al Gore because Al Gore had a decisive win, by machine and hand count. If you'll take a look at the findings of the NORC recount, the writers stated that he would have won under any scenario (counting overvotes, not counting them, etcetera,) and the Supreme Court decided to install Bush anyway. The judge that made his decision yesterday clearly stated that Christine Gregoire was the winner due to number of votes.

Gregoire won. She is our governor for at least the next three and a half years, if not for the next two terms.

Julie

[lumpy]

119. The judge needed proof of malfeasance.

It doesn't exist. Be glad we have a judge who knows the law and applies it in the proper manner.

[eridani]

122. It is flat out not possible for a really close election to be decisive

See the following post for why.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3796879&mesg_id=3802194

[kurtyboy]

125. A close election did not put an idiot into the White House

A fraudulent Supreme Court decision did. If the Supremes had given Florida the same ability to hand count that Washington's laws did, George Bush would be just another discontented loser wishing for better days, and we'd not be losing five soldiers every two days in Iraq, and Osama bin Laden might be in jail right now--ruminate on that.

The Washington recount was probably more accurate than Florida's 2000 "recount" by a factor of about 100. The accuracy in Washington, while not perfect, was acceptably DECISIVE. Unless, of course, you like interminable court battles over every last vote.

"The perfect is the enemy of the good."

[KingOfLostSouls]

106. Having grown up in Eastern Wa

I'll say this, its a perfect example of how republicanism ends up working out, once it moves in and sinks its coils into the populace.

the more"Republican" an area becomes, the poorer and dumber it gets.

[janetle]

110. Judge subtracted illegal felon votes from ROSSI!! Love it.

Not only did the GOP lose big time but the judge actually said the illegal votes that came to light should be counted against Rossi. This was my favorite part of the whole thing--rubbing their noses in it.

I especially love it because the republicans judge shopped and found a judge in a conservative county who they thought would be favorable to them. But they found a brilliant and fair judge who saw through them. Love it!

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002319861_trialhighlights07m.html

"Bridges found there had been a total of 1,678 illegal votes cast in the election, out of a total of more than 2.8 million votes. Most of the illegal votes were cast by convicted felons.

Bridges ruled that the illegal votes should be deducted from the total tally of votes in the election, for purposes of determining signature requirements for future citizen initiatives. But he said only five of the votes should be deducted from specific candidates because the only compelling evidence showing how felons had voted came from the depositions of five felons questioned by Democrats. Four of those had voted for Rossi and one for Libertarian Ruth Bennett."

[Moxie Box]

111. Huzzah!

(My first post here.)

I'm so glad this is finally over. I dreaded having to go through another election and having that sniveling weasel win, especially since I'm sure Shrub's administration would have loved to have a Repub governor over here to do their bidding.

[Rainscents]

116. Huzzah! Welcome to DU!!!

:hi: We love newbies here and welcome!

[FrankBooth]

114. Bite Me Dino

you scum-sucking piece of suburban trash.

[marinemom2004]

121. Sick of Rossi too

I'm another Washington Stater who is glad this whole 7 month election is over. Now if only Chris Vance and Tim Eyman would disappear into the sunset along with Rossi.

[geniph]

131. He's fake suburban trash, at that

He moved out of Seattle when he started running for public office - because he knew he'd never win anything in Seattle. He moved to the Eastside (of Seattle, not the state) specifically so that he could have some hope of winning as a Republican.

While in the state Senate, Dino was mostly notorious for voting nearly 100% for anything that favored the Builders' Industry Association of Washington, who, not coincidentally, gave him $500,000 in campaign money in 2004 and paid for nearly all the digging for alleged "illegal" votes in King County. At one point, the BIAW dedicated 100% of their office staff to the effort to find more votes for Dino. As a state senator, Dino helped the BIAW push through legislation to gut worker protections, including ergonomics laws. He's wholly owned, lock, stock, and barrel, by the BIAW.

[darkism]

120. Allow me to say...

HA HA!